General revelation
What General revelation means in Religious Studies GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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Discovering God through ordinary, everyday experiences, such as observing the beauty of nature, the complexity of the universe, or experiencing the human conscience.
Knowledge of God discovered through natural means, accessible to all people at all times, rather than through direct, miraculous intervention.
Revelation such as the order and design of the universe, often linked to an impersonal God.
The ways God makes himself known to all people, at all times, through ordinary experiences.
Knowledge of the divine available to everyone, for example through nature or scripture.
Topics that use General revelation
- Theme C: The existence of God and revelation (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Atheism
- Authority of scripture
- Christianity in Britain
- Contrasting worldviews
- Cosmology and origins
- Divine attributes
- Enlightenment
- Humanist ethics and reason
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